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Plaid

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Word	Definition
tartannoun	(uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.

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Word	Definition
tartannoun	(uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.
belted	(of a garment) Fitted with a belt.
scotnoun	A person born in or native to Scotland.
scottishnoun	(collective, with definite article, i. e. the Scottish) the people of Scotland.
scotsnoun	A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.
played	(of games) engaged in
plaidennoun	(Scotland) A coarse, woollen cloth
settnoun	The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
paisleynoun	A soft woollen fabric having this motif.
belted plaidnoun	A large blanket-like piece of fabric, worn wrapped around the body with the material loosely gathered and secured at the waist by means of a belt; a standard item of men's Highland dress from the late 16th century until the middle of the 18th century, and the precursor of the modern kilt.
plaitnoun	A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
pleating to the stripenoun	A system of pleating a kilt in which a particular vertical stripe of the tartan pattern is selected and the pleats are arranged so that this chosen stripe runs down the center of each pleat.
windowpane tweednoun	A tweed fabric with a pattern of squares.
pleatnoun	(sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
shawl patternnoun	A colorful pattern, supposed to resemble an oriental shawl, but applied to materials of a plainer design.
pleating to the settnoun	A system of pleating a kilt in which one full sett of the tartan pattern is taken up in each pleat, resulting in a reproduction of the pattern across the back of the kilt.
tartananoun	Alternative spelling of tartan (“sailing vessel”). [(uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.]
plightnoun	A dire or unfortunate situation.
kiltnoun	A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.
trewsnoun	(British) Trousers, especially if close-fitting and tartan.